MPR News with Tom Weber

Tom Weber, a reporter and host at MPR News for a decade, resigned effective June 22, 2018. You can find his work covering the people and places of Minnesota here.
https://www.mpr.org/about/people/tweber

Counter Stories: Hopes for 2016
In today's conversation, the group discusses the need to acknowledge historical trauma, the armed occupation in Oregon and the achievement gap in Twin Cities schools.
Mayor Hodges looks back on 2015: Protests, the pope and racial inequities
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges enters her third year in office on the heels of tumultuous protests around the city's handling of the November police shooting death of Jamar Clark.
A futurist weighs in on 2016
Virtual reality technology will continue to develop, Cecily Sommers said, and no one should dismiss Mark Zuckerberg's plan for a robot butler.
Minnesota music: Highlights of 2015
Andrea Swensson, the incoming host of The Local Show on 89.3 The Current, shares some of her favorite songs and moments from the local music scene this year.